Distributing apparatus for liquids.



A. SKTTERSTRUM. DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS FOR LIQUIDS. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 17, 1911. I

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UNITED STATE SiPA TENTIOFFICE.

.ALGOT sli'r'rnasraoivr, or GRILLBY, swnnmv, ASSIGNOR r0 enILLBY METALLFABRIK, or STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS FOR LIQUIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALGor SKrrnRsTRoM,

proprietor, a subject of the King ofSweden,

and a citizen of Sweden, residing at Grillby, in the Kingdom of Sweden, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributing Apparatus for Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has regard to a distributing apparatus for liquids particularly intended for the distribution of milk in given quantities from ordinary milk cans.

The invention consists, in brief, of a receptacle for drawing up the milk, of any desired size, which is fitted into the milk can in such a way that it can be moved in a vertical direction from the bottom ofthe can up to one or more given positions. in its upper position this receptacle cooperates with one end opening of a siphon, the other end opening of which is outside the milk means of which a partial vacuum can be ob-.

tained in the outer pipe of the siphon, causing the liquid in the receptacle to flow through the siphon.

One embodiment of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawing, Figure 1. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show the details, the two latter on an enlarged scale.

ais the milk-can and -b the cover for same.

cshows the receptacle for drawing up the milk, arranged in the milk-can, which receptacle can be raised by means of the rod -.-duntil it enters, the lid --b. The rod is raised by means of the handle e, being guided by means of the guide f in the lid.

The lid is penetrated by one branch of the siphon g which at its lower end is closed by means of a valve --h which is preferably merely by its own weight brought to lie against the mouth of the siphon. A. tube z"- coming from the air pump -/c-- proposition.

jects into the outer branch of the siphon WVhen the receptacle for drawing up the milk is raised, the inner mouth of the siphon enters the receptacle through the hole -Z. In order to prevent the liquid from being accidentally splashed out of the receptacle cthe latter is provided with a cover having a number of openings m for the passage of the liquid into the receptacle c.

A special arrangement has been made in orderto fizi the upper position of the receptacle .c into which the siphon g enters through the hole -Z-. In the guidepiece --nfixed to the'lid b-- two movable-pins 0 have been arranged, which are at one end provided with slots pthrough which passes an arm -4--, which can be rotated over a scale s. The pins, cooperate with a recess -tmade in the rod d situated at the bottom of a groove urunning along the whole length of the rod, and their" relative positions are such that when the upper pin enters the recess -t, the mouth of the siphon g, sinks so deep into the liquid cthat for example, one liter of the liquid in the receptacle -0-, issues through the siphon. On the other hand, when the arm r-- is turned so that the lower pin enters the recess t' the receptacle -0 will be given such a position that for example, only half a liter issues through the siphon.

In order that the arm -42- may be able to be given any desired position before the rod 0Z is raised the pins 0- are made flexible lengthwise by making them in two pieces bet-ween which a spiral spring ois inserted.

The ap aratus works in the following way: If t e receptacle --cis in an upper position the arm ris first given a vertical position, which causes the two pins to assume such a position that, the rod and the receptacle can sink down to their lower position. If one wishes, for example to retail half a liter of the liquid in the can -a-, the arm 1'-- is placed to the left, causing the lower pin c-- to rest against the bottom of the groove w in the rod -d-.

The rod is then raised by means of the handle and as the lower pin 0 snaps into the recess t the rod is locked in this The inner mouth of the siphon gis now so far under the surface of the liquid in the receptacle -c that the quantity of liquid between the said surface and a horizontal plane through the inner mouth of the siphon amounts exactly to half a liter. The valve of the pump ]c is then drawn up, causing a partial vacuum to be formed in the outer branch of the siphon g-. This causes so much liquid to be sucked into this outer branch that the siphon begins to work and the liquid runs out through the outer branch int-o a suitable receptacle, until the level of the liquid in the drawing up receptacle 0 has sunk to the inner mouth of the siphon b. If it is desired to retail another half a liter it is merely necessary to move the arm a"- to its sec ond position and raise the rod tuntil the upper pin 0- slips into the recess What I claim is 1. A dispensing apparatus for liquids adapted to be attached to a milk can, comprising a removable lid, a movable receptacle for drawing up the liquids from the can, a siphon attached to said lid, which cooperates with the said receptacle, a pump attached to the lid for creating a vacuum in the siphon, a lifting rod attached to said receptacle and mounted and guided on the lid and means carried by said lip for positively stopping and sustaining the lifting rod at different points.

2. In an apparatus for dispensing liquid, a can, a vertically movable receptacle in said can, a rod attached to the receptacle,

and having a recess in its side, pins adapted to alternately engage said recess and sustain the receptacle at different heights, and a pivoted indicating arm engaging said pins. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALGOT SATTERSTROM. Witnesses:

GRETA PRINE, Hal-my ALBIHN.

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